Allison Gasca-Backman

Passover is a holiday centered around tradition, storytelling, and food. It can also be a time when eating disorder thoughts, Diet Culture messages, and complicated feelings about family or faith become louder, especially in Jewish spaces where Diet Culture is still present. If you are navigating eating disorder recovery as a Jewish person during Passover, you are not alone in finding this time of year challenging. Here are five ways to support yourself through Passover in a way that honors...

Over the past several months, I’ve started formal training in Internal Family Systems (IFS) , a therapeutic approach that has already...

Inspired by a client who asked to meet with me a day earlier than her scheduled appointment, I found myself reflecting on how progress in...